Turns out narrator-producer me isn't fond of me while on expedition. Let me know if you want to book Beef the Mall PA Guy for your next BBQ. Love you all.

I love the idea that this place is a flea market instead of being torn down or rotting away like the fate of so many older malls.

Didn't expect a surprise cameo by Jack Black.

Sal talking to himself is the most fantastic part of my day LOL.

A man who can be so aware of himself is a great host xxx

Sal, this is the best one yet. I love the humor you added to this video whilst talking to yourself. I needed the laughs today. Thank you

I love how you answer your questions. Hate it when people say in the walk around they are going to investigate something and we never find out.

Metzler's at Laurel Mall was a branch of the beloved downtown Uniontown department store. Metzler's was a class operation and operated a full line, five floor department store well into the late 1980s. The Laurel Mall store lasted a few years after downtown closed. Quality merchandise and excellent service--both sadly missing in retail today.

The commentary to yourself has me laughing at 7am on a Monday.

I grew up going to this mall. I remember halloween costume parades, events for brownies inside the mall and fun 80s holiday decorations! Great video!!

The horror music effect upon opening the door to re-enter the Matrix wing, great touch! 👍

Just finished watching this and I have never wanted to drive 5 hours to go see somewhere I never knew existed as much as I do right now! Thanks for sharing and keep up the amazing work!

Not many kids of today will know the joy of going to the mall on the weekends with friends, watching a movie in a theater attached to a mall, playing in the mall arcade, eating at the mall food court & coming home with something bought from one of their favorite stores, all in one stop. I am so glad I discovered your channel. Your expeditions bring back so many memories for me. I only know of one mall from my teenage years that is still flourishing & that is the University Mall in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

I really like the snarky editor Sal commenting on the over talkative explorer Sal. You're saying what we're all thinking.

Not only was this video amazing with the drone footage but with the outside mall walk and your voice over input was hilarious. On the other end this mall is beautiful and is full of charm I hope for more of it to re-open and with the current mall owners It may happen. I like the direction the mall is going hope it continues 🍨

I used to love to eat at the Valley Dairy Restaurant when I was a kid. My mother would buy me bubblegum cigarettes at the shop next to the restaurant. 😂

Not gonna lie. The commentary you did on yourself had me in tears where I was laughing so hard. It was brilliant. 😂

Laurel Mall was a great place to shop in the 70's it had lost of stores there was also a rotating carpeted barrel in the center of the mall concourse.

OMG!!! Your self banter has me cracking up! 😆 I love it.

Sal, AWESOME the survivor concept! Drone footage. Thanks

Hi Sal, I have many relatives that live in this area. It was so great to see you review this mall I visited many times as a kid! Sadly, Connelsville has been on the decline for literal decades after much of the industry left in the 80s and 90s. Pechins is still open but moved locations to it's more downtown former express location, which has since grown and been renovated significantly. It had great prices and a decent bakery, but aesthetically looked like an Ollie's Bargain Bin on the inside. There used to be a pizza and sub restaurant in the mall too. I'm glad it got some recognition! If you're looking for more dying malls in PA, check out the Shenango Valley Mall in Hermitage. It has a wing that is still original to the mall and somehow has barely survived COVID. Best of luck on your YT journey!

I'm literally laughing out loud at the comments you're making to yourself... dying 🤣🤣🤣❤

That little area is amazing for jobs for energy and has a lot of food dives in that area too between that area of Dunbar and Connelsville . Man so many great memories in that area and mall . I’m glad you covered it

I love all my "Dead Mall" (or dying...or repurposed...or rebuilt...or anything) channels but this ExLog shows why you're the master of this knowledge domain...the true "Liminal King". Love the history (old commercials and the subject analysis / narrative), the "voice-over to the voice-over", the footage (drone, walking, stills)...just amazing. My schedule's chaotic but I've GOTTA catch your next premiere.

This episode was absolutely hilarious, and I especially loved the green corridor; it felt like a great start to a horror video. The security lock bars comment was an unexpected source of chuckles, too. Awesome episode!

Loved the Sal talking to Sal part! Hilarious!

I used to work at the movie theater around '08. I'm pretty sure the orange guards on the doors were there then too. I have vague memories of putting them on the doors before closing. I can remember cleaning those carpets too. Seeing everything in disrepair now is heartbreaking. There are so many memories of late night sign changes or finding old posters in the back room. I once deep cleaned the bathrooms and found a ticket stub for the Tom Cruise movie "Cocktail" behind a trash box. I experienced the end credits of Ironman and the start of the MCU at a midnight screening with a packed theater in that place. I can clearly remember hearing the audience reaction through the doors. It was the same year that we did a special screening for The Dark Knight. The music system in the theaters and projectors had just been replaced with new digital ones. Movie soundtracks were constantly looping in the theaters 24/7. I can still hear the Indiana Jones theme play as I'm trying to clean. Even back then though we all knew the place was on its last legs. There were promises of a new theater being built but none of that ever happened. I've also heard rumors of asbestos in the walls but I never saw any confirmation of it. Well, thanks for letting me relive those weird times again.

I shared your video on my fb page. We now have the Newspaper Article with Arnold Palmer!

I participated in Pinewood Derbies there while in Cub Scouts... also played the heck out of the TMNT arcade game there when it first came out, and the arcade was usually a packed house. Good memories!

Back to watch this one again! So upset I never visited this place when we lived in Pittsburgh. I really wish there was a place like this to visit down in my area of SC. I would go often. 😂

I used to work on a hazmat team, was a 9/11 responder, etc. Our company did remediation projects at malls, the ones that had the detached "auto centers" repair shops. I've probably been to every mall east of the Mississippi. Probably didn't visit most of these spots, except for a quick run into the food court for lunch. Great video as always, Sal!

LOL The Mall walking Girl with the Plith . Pitfall was amazing, a bunch of us played this constantly back in the day.I’m cracking up, I think I know you pretty well, but your conversation with yourself is new and quite amusing. Should I be concerned.? That hallway looked very green. It will be curious how malls re-purpose relevant to the areas they are in. The scenery is quite lovely, great job Sweetie🥰💃🦇🕷🕸

I'm dying laughing at your twitter-esc humor. haven't laughed that hard in a long time! keep up the good work!

The drone footage is killer. Great video as always.

24:07 Hearing the Thieving Magpie playing the background had me half expecting Alex and his droogs to pop up in the video.

The multiple different ways you caught the Mercury Vapor from full light to transitioning from no light was awesome. This makes me want to wear my Pith Helmet 🪖

Love the self deprecating Sal bouncing off the excitable, curious Sal.

Your commentary to yourself is great. Thank you for the laughs

Hilarious commentary on younger 2020 Sal by older, wiser 2021 Sal.

The history of Pechins alone is pretty fascinating. Great video, love seeing these rural SW PA malls.

Bro I’m from this area , greatest flea market ever . I’ve bought so many retro games and cds from this mall it’s not even funny. I used to know the old dude who ran the gaming store. Also it’s right next to one of the greatest jobs I’ve had (Universal Pressure Pumping) I used to go to Big Mike’s BBQ as well right around the corner from the mall. Also they used to have pechins a super market that sold so much good home made food out the deli. The Rural King was a Ames where my mom bought my 1st N64. This places holds plenty of memories between work, hanging out at the mall also had a movie theater too that had all the best movies .

I had gone here many times as a kid and the mall was packed. We would go get my grandma and go Christmas shopping and either eat at the valley dairy inside or the food court on Murphy's. My first job as a kid was at Montgomery Ward as custodial maintenance. I miss this old mall.

You roasting yourself is the most hilarious thing I've seen in your videos. We need more 😂

Thank you for the much needed laughter.

20:45 That use to be called "Pechin Firehouse". It was a restaurant, but didn't last long; closed up a few years after it opened (I'd say about 2015?).

I live in quakertown pa. It’s an 4 1/2 hr ride out there but I want to plan a weekend and head out there with the family. Thanks sal for the cool footage

I had alot of memories of this mall. My mom work at ames for awhile when it was open. Would go back an fourth threw the mall an movie theater and ames. Them places and everyone.

Long perimeter walks forever! I love the exterior segments and the attention you give them.

Fountains were on each side of Metzgers and on the right was my go to vibrating foot massager.

I loved that mall when I was younger. Many happy memories.

Gotta love those old photos at the beginning of the ex log, definitely nostalgic. Those were the days

Thank you for this! Thank you, also, for ExLog 90. Memories.

Hi Sal, I have been subscribed to your channel for a couple of years now and I rarely make comments, but I love your walk throughs and back history of Malls. I grew up in the 70s and 80s and the closest Mall to me was about a 20 minute drive, so it was always a big deal to "Lets Go To The Mall" ( thank you Robin Sparkles ) and just hang out. So I always get a tingle of nostalgia watching your videos. But, but, but, ......Dude...........I LOVE your snarky narration track just giving yourself shit. Please do that more often. Very funny stuff. And I'm not sure, but I think you get madder and madder at yourself as the video continues. :) Oh, and always love the sponsored by commercials . Keep up the good work. Brad

Wow I loved this Iam 45 and when I was 21 I worked at the Montgomery wards the big doors at end was a service Center. I work as a am maintenance man as well as in the garage doing service on cars . Hell the famous bob I haven’t seen him in forever. He and his mother made the best kettle corn in the world!!!!!! I remember shopping in Ames. Bob was their forever and his home made kettle corn and fudge was the best. I have so many memories of this place man. Thanks awesome content kids now just don’t know.

Yes. More drone footage. Super cool. It's sad the movie theatre is just sitting. Seems like an opportunity to have a "budget" theater that shows older flicks for a few bucks. Some vintage films to go with that vintage aesthetic.

You absolutely positively shouldn’t let your fuel run so low.

Your responses to yourself is hilarious 😆. Keep on putting up good content we appreciate it 🥂

Can't believe I missed a premiere. I'm a bad explorer. :( Caught it on Patreon though... :)

“Trust me it says Wards. It’s a Wards” Hilarious conversation with yourself, Sal! I also love your positive attitude about the mall thriving. Those of us who are less optimistic see a mostly empty mall with no customers for visiting the stands.

Loved the video as always! Keep up the great work Sal

I sent a suggestion to the PA Fireman's Assoc., to use a "dead mall" as a combination Nursing Home/Museum for Fire/Police/EMS people, like the "Fireman's Home" in Hudson NY.

Absolutely love this video. This mall is in my town, and I worked at the Pechin store at the mall. I was there for the grand reopening of the Laurel Mall in 2013. Super cool video. Glad I found it! The movie theater only showed movies that Uniontown Mall didn’t show. Great memories!

This is probably my most favorite episode of the ExLog (because of that whole narrator-producer correction bit!) 😂

Wow, what a place...I usually have your episodes on in the background and have to rewatch 2-3 times to get everything but this place stopped me in my tracks. Amazing! And really enjoyed your commentary on yourself too :) thanks Sal!

Your humor suits me as well as your intellect. Research isn’t bad either. That’s my humor.

I lived there when these were build..There's a couple old shopping centers/Malls that live on as Flea Markets around Pittsburgh..

I really enjoyed this one. Your humor is awesome! Kudos on changing it up and being super successful!

Nice use of Carmen. I love that piece...

Slowly watching all of these and this one really had me chuckling when you started knocking yourself. Felt so sorry for you, too funny!

Can’t find any archive photos of the fountains.

That was a freaking great Log, Sal! Hilarious in parts of course (your dialog with yourself broke me up ;) ). Kudos . . . keep 'em coming!

Dude I love the banter with yourself. Fun stuff!!

It's hilarious.... Pennsylvania has TWO Laurel Malls. Yes....come to Hazleton. There's a Laurel Mall here too.

I was a mall rat growing up in the 90's and early 2000's at Uniontown Mall. Its sad to see the EB Games (eventually turned into Gamestop) closed there. I bought everything there up to like the PS2 era. I'm so glad you and Dan Bell do this. Keep up the great work Sal!

What an awesome looking old Mall if you want to see one built in the 80s you got to come to Winchester Virginia to Apple Blossom Mall they're still some vintage 80s aesthetics to that mall even that they updated it back in 2012

SAL you are the 2021 version of ROD. SERLING... MAN YOU do a great job on all your videos I have been subscribed for a little over 2 years thank you Frank from montana. PS keep up the good work Brother......

I'd feel that it is eerie that the Super Bowl XLIII Jerseys being for Sale in the Flea Market like it was Last Year (It Was Not) sets the aura of the Mall like the Matrix Wing. What is eerier is that a lot of Malls where burnt on Montgomery Ward including Westdale Mall in Cedar Rapids, among others.

I love how the drone makes it look like a video game too!

Watched this a few days ago. We were cracking up at you talking to yourself on the walkaround! Those are usually the most boring parts of any exploration video, generally speaking. You made it fun to watch. Oh, and yes...it is wards! ;)

Your the best Sal.....love the vids!

Thank you for your work!!!

Behind that walled off area was actually Rural King. Rural King bought part of the mall concourse and expanded into it. In fact, if you would've have walked into Rural King, you would've seen the original mall entrance that Murphy's/Ames had AND where the original concourse was. The floor tile and skylights left over from the mall concourse are still in that area of Rural King. At least that was the case when I last visited in February 2020. I had to take pictures inside that area of Rural King so I could compare them to existing pictures of the Murphy's/Ames concourse so I could get my bearings. Dollar Tree occupies what was Thrift Drug/Eckerd and the Terrace Inn.

Thank you for these videos

Best commentary reel ever

How is your content always so SO good!? I love it.

This is brilliant thanks Sal for your time and efforts on a truly interesting and informative video. I have been binging dead mall content recently and I love the detailed research you do, the commentary is funny and insightful and I love your editing and production level. I wonder will content like this be shown in museums in the future you guys are like modern historians documenting the demise of this format of commerce. Btw Kristen Rose of UniComm Productions sent me to this channel. Cheers.

Why can't I double thumbs up, I need to give a thumbs up for the footage, and another for the meta-commentary.

Arnold Palmer? I'm thirsty now.

Amazing video

It looks like the 1980s 1990s Francis Scott Key Mall in Frederick Maryland.

I used to go to the Laurel mall all the time as a kid. I can’t tell you how many movies I’ve seen at that theater too. The most memorable one was V for Vendetta opening night. Me and my boyfriend at the time were the only two there that night.

Sal wandering about a mall while getting roasted by post-production Sal. Love the sarcasm. 😆 It's also really cool this vid got featured on The Laurel Mall Facebook page. They seem like a nice bunch.

This brings back memories, I worked at the theater until it closed. And had been going there for decades. The Firehouse restaurant was in between the grocery store and the beer distributor that took over Wards auto dept. and probably better you walked in the back, your car would have been swallowed by the multiple potholes.the locks on the doors were out there after the theater was broken into and the arcade machines money was stolen.

I grew up at that mall, and worked at the Radio Shack there in the late 90s. It was a dead mall by that point, but those of us who worked there enjoyed it. Robert the popcorn guy was a constant fixture handing out free samples all day. Brothers pizza was amazing, Rainbow ice cream from Valley Dairy. Does anyone else remember men sitting outside the appliance store across from thrift drug watching sports on the tv's while the women shopped in the mall?

Loved the video

Do you have any semi-immediate plans of checking anything out in Illinois or Wisconsin? Or anywhere in the Midwest for that matter?

Nice video!

I love how editing you is correcting filming you. it cracks me up😂

Jack Black is truly a great actor. He can do it all. The movie Bernie and that other one where he portrays that Ponzi scheme polka singer are off the charts. Very underated. Seems like a guy who would be fun to hang with too.

Pechin’s, flea market, and a farm store. Perfect for Fayette county.